LA GRANDE â Ambulance fees are increasing in the city of La Grande, and residents enduring financial hardship because of the pandemic could get some utility bill relief.
The La Grande City Council during its meeting Wednesday, April 7, voted 7-0 in favor of bumping up ambulance fees, which the council discussed during a work session March 8.
âWe have not increased our ambulance fees since 2009,â City Manager Robert Strope told the council during the Wednesday night meeting, âand the cost of doing business, as everyone knows, continues to go up.â
In addition to the new fees, Strope said, the city is implementing one rate for people who are residents of La Grande and a higher rate for those outside the city limits. La Grande residents already are paying property taxes in the city, he said, and providing a âdiscountâ acknowledges that.
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Amentum and Kūpono form Joint Venture, Awarded $854 Million Contract for Range Operations Support
February 10, 2021 GMT
GERMANTOWN, Md. (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 10, 2021
A joint venture formed by Amentum and Kūpono, one of its protégé partners and an Alaka’ina Foundation company, was recently selected to perform range and base operations for the U.S. Navy under a single-award, hybrid contract.
Koa Lani JV LLC, the new joint venture, will provide range and base operations support services at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) on the islands of Kauai and Oahu in Hawaii. The contract has a maximum value of $854 million over 10 years if all options are exercised.
LA GRANDE â The city council of La Grande held its annual work retreat, which this year took the form of two nights of hours-long video conferences, to discuss priorities for the coming year.
The first was a session Monday night, Jan. 25, of the council in its role as the Urban Renewal Agency on economic development that also touched on COVID-19 relief. During the second meeting Tuesday evening, the council set the cityâs goals and priorities for the future.
The council made no decisions during the retreat, but La Grande Mayor Steve Clements said the meetings were key in setting the councilâs course for the rest of 2021, and councilors made their positions clear on issues from pandemic response and wildfire preparedness to downtown development.